Burrell, Moyer lead Phillies past Pirates

PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) -- The Philadelphia Phillies wasted no time
in picking up the offense with Chase Utley out of the lineup.

Pat Burrell had a home run and three RBI and Greg Dobbs drove in
two runs as the Phillies scored eight times in the first three
innings and went on to an 8-1 victory over the Pittsburgh
Pirates in an eight-inning, rain-shortened game Friday.

Utley, who is batting .336 with 41 doubles, 17 home runs and 82
RBI this season, was placed on the 15-day disabled list Thursday
after breaking a metacarpal bone in his right hand on Thursday.

"I just think we all realized that with Utley out, we all felt
it was important to step up and put quality at-bats together,"
Dobbs said. "Obviously, the spotlight's gonna be on us, the
guys that are in the lineup. We were able to get after them
early and give us that cushion."

Jamie Moyer (9-8) was the beneficiary of the early onslaught and
also drove in a run. The veteran lefthander went seven
innings, giving up an unearned run on six hits with four
strikeouts and no walks.

"We scored some runs early and that was kind of nice," Moyer
said. "We were ahead and they had to catch up. Fortunately,
they didn't."

Dobbs delivered a key two-out, two-run single in the first
inning to give Philadelphia a 2-0 lead. Dobbs' hit came after
the Phillies were about to come away empty-handed after loading
the bases with none out.

"Anytime you can get a two-out hit and get RBIs out of it, it's
huge," Dobbs said. "I happened to get it in the first inning.
In any situation, you never want to leave runners on base. You
want to get something out of that. You don't to waste that."

The Phillies sent 12 batters to the plate in the third inning
and scored six runs. Van Benschoten walked Ryan Howard to start
the frame before Burrell lined his next pitch into left field
seats for his 13th home run to make it 4-0.

"Anytime we can get a big strong guy to hit the ball out of the
ballpark, that's good for us," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel
said. "Burrell's very important."

Dobbs, the next batter, walked and came around to score on a
double by Carlos Ruiz. One out later, Moyer helped his own
cause with a RBI single that made it 6-0 and ended Van
Benschoten's outing.

Tony Armas came on and didn't fare any better as he gave up
three consecutive singles, including a run-scoring hit by Jimmy
Rollins. Armas later walked Burrell to force in a run that gave
Philadelphia a commanding 8-0 lead.

Van Benschoten was charged with seven runs and six hits. He
walked four, hit a batter and struggled with his control
throughout his brief stint.

"Obviously, not a good start at all for Van Benschoten," Pirates
manager Jim Tracy said. "To fall behind by eight runs in that
short of a period, that's a huge hole."

Ronny Paulino accounted for the only Pittsburgh run with an RBI
single in the fifth inning. Paulino had three of the six hits
allowed by Moyer.

The Phillies were also missing the services of outfielder Aaron
Rowand, who sat out because of a strained left shoulder and is
day-to-day. However, Michael Bourn filled in capably and had a
career-high four hits and scored two runs.

The game was delayed by rain after the seventh inning for 61
minutes before being called.

NLAT PHILADELPHIA - SCORING UPDATETWO-RUN HOME RUN BY PAT BURRELL (13) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN THE 3RD OFF JOHN VAN BENSCHOTEN SCORED RYAN HOWARD.CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 0, PHILADELPHIA 4DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: G DOBBS (.297, 1-FOR-1, 2 RBI)